1622 – William Baffin, English navigator (1st European to discover Baffin Bay) and explorer, dies of a gunshot wound at in an attack on Qeshm, island of Hor about 38
1785 – Matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician (b. 1717)
1879 – Adolf Jensen, German composer, dies of tuberculosis at 42
1893 – Phillips Brooks, American Episcopal bishop and composer (Little Town of Bethlehem), dies at 57
1975 – Karel Paul van der Mandele, Dutch financier, director (Rotterdam Bank), administrator, and economist, dies at 94
1978 – Vic Ames, American singer (Ames Brothers – “Tammy”), dies in a car accident at 52
2002 – Igor Kipnis, American harpsichordist, pianist, conductor, and educatordies of renal cancer at 71
2015 – Guy Gallo, American poet, playwright, and screenwriter (Under the Volcano), dies of cancer at 59
2019 – Jonas Mekas, American avant garde filmmaker and film critic, dies at 96
2023 – Carol Sloane [Morvan], American jazz singer, dies from complications of a stroke at 85